Officials in the Irene-Wakonda school system have called off classes Wednesday to enable students to attend the funeral of a 14-year-old boy from Irene who died in a weekend accident in rural Yankton County.

The Minnesota Twins aren’t playing like a team content to muddle through rebuilding. Aaron Hicks ended a 0-for-13 skid with a tiebreaking RBI single in a two-run seventh inning, rallying the Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday.

Justin Morneau singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning after Chris Davis botched a grounder, and the Minnesota Twins got a home run from Chris Parmalee in a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was the Twins first win in Baltimore since April 21, 2011.

The final seconds ticked down on Rick Adelman’s 1,000th career victory, and a season’s worth of hardship and heartache quickly evaporated. As his players surrounded him to celebrate, the 66-year-old basketball lifer quickly disengaged from the crowd, and everyone in the arena knew wher…

Rick Adelman’s milestone will have to wait — for another day at least. Rudy Gay had 26 points and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a rare road victory in the West, 95-93 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.